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Automatic support

Are you eligible?
You are eligible if you are a European distributor who has already distributed at least one European work from another country.

What works are eligible?
All recent works of fiction, cartoons and documentaries more than 60 minutes long. The copyright of the film cannot be dated earlier then 4 years before the year of submission of the application.

How does the support work?

• Phase 1 - Generation stage
  Once a year, MEDIA issues a call for proposals. Distributors then declare the box-office receipts from films from other European countries that they distributed the year before. Only films from 2008 or later generate support, so there is no point declaring older films.
   
• Phase 2 - Reinvestment stage
  The receipts determine the amount of support which will be available, in each case, for three forms of reinvestment in new films from other European countries:
  - co-production
  - minimum distribution guarantees
  - distribution costs.

How much support is available?

• Phase 1 - Generation stage
  The amount of potential support is based on the receipts from the films, their origin and the country of distribution. A detailed table showing the coefficients used can be found in the guidelines.
   
• Phase 2 - Reinvestment stage
  Reinvestment in co-production or distribution (minimum distribution guarantees , publishing, promotion and publicity costs) can cover from 40 to 60% of eligible costs. The maximum amount which may be reinvested in each case is set out in the guidelines.

 

Call for proposals EACEA/07/2012: Support for the transnational distribution of European films and the networking of European cinema distribution companies - System of 'Automatic' support

Total budget available: EUR 18.977.675 

Reference year for the eligible admissions: 2011

Earliest date of copyright for the films to be eligible: 2008 

The deadline for the submission proposals for the "generation" of a potential fund has been extended. Proposals must be sent (postmark date) the 18th of June 2012 at the latest.

To facilitate the timely completion of the process, applicants are kindly requested to submit their application as soon as possible.

Please note that this is an exceptional measure which will not be repeated. The deadline for 2013 will revert to the usual end of April date.

Deadline for the reinvestment applications: 1 October 2013, following the specifications below:

Module	Dates of the project	Deadline for presentation of the reinvestment project	Period of  eligibility of costs
1.Co-production	The co-production contract may be signed at the earliest on 01/10/2012	Within 3 months of the signature of the co-production contract and no later than 01/10/2013	From 1/10/2012 until 01/04/2015
2.Minimum guarantee	The distribution contract/ license agreement may be signed at the earliest on 01/10/2012	Within 3 months of the signature of the distribution contract/license agreement (Deal Memo or Long Form Agreement are both accepted) and no later than 01/10/2013	From 1/10/2012 until 1/04/2015
3.P&A costs	The first theatrical release of the film in the territory may take place at the earliest on 01/10/2012 and at the latest on 01/10/2014	At the latest on the day of the first theatrical release of the film in the territory and no later than 01/10/2013	From 1/04/2012 until 1/10/2015

Call for proposals - Official Journal  C 60 of 29.02.2012

Guidelines 2011-2013 ( Version 2 of February 2012 )

2012 Application form for companies

Application form for the declaration of admissions : deadline 30 april 2012

Forms for reinvestment projects (as of 1st October 2012)

• Co-production of a non-national European film (module 1)
• Minimum Guarantee for the acquisition of a non-national European film (module 2)
• P&A costs for the distribution of a non-national European film (module 3) - Budget form

List of national correspondents

 

Call for proposals EACEA/01/2011: Support for the transnational distribution of European films and the networking of European cinema distribution companies - System of 'Automatic' support

Guidelines 2011-2013

Deadlines:

• Generation: closed
• Reinvestment: 1 October 2012 following the specifications below:

Module	Dates of the project	Deadline for presentation of the reinvestment project	Period of  eligibility of costs
1.Co-production	The co-production contract may be signed at the earliest on 1/08/2011	Within 3 months of the signature of the co-production contract and no later than 01/10/2012	From 1/08/2011 until 1/02/2014
2.Minimum guarantee	The distribution contract/ license agreement may be signed at the earliest on 1/08/2011	Within 3 months of the signature of the distribution contract/license agreement  (Deal Memo or Long Form Agreement are both accepted) and no later than 01/10/2012	From 1/08/2011 until 1/02/2014
3.P&A costs	The first theatrical release of the film in the territory may take place at the earliest on 1/08/2011 and at the latest on 01/10/2013	At the latest on the day of the first theatrical release of the film in the territory and no later than 01/10/2012	From 1/02/2011 until 1/08/2014

Call for proposals - Official Journal  C121 of 19.04.2011

Guidelines 2011-2013

Forms for reinvestment projects (as of 1st August 2011)

• Co-production of a non-national European film (module 1)
• Minimum Guarantee for the acquisition of a non-national European film (module 2)
• P&A costs for the distribution of a non-national European film (module 3) - Budget form

Contacts

Generation: Ms Violaine Somja, EACEA, violaine.somja@ec.europa.eu

Reinvestment: Laura Texier, EACEA, laura.texier@ec.europa.eu